CURRENT MISSION

Live making discoveries

ABOUT ME

I am Russian living in Sydney, Australia.

I am curious about life, people, cultures and new experienced. I was blessed to meet the world's best people hosting and travelling and now I am just trying to return the generosity I received hosting travellers and not having my expectations high.
I think there is a lot to learn from almost anyone and that trying to understand others finally helps to understand yourself.

I think universe conspires, at times in very unexpected ways, to help us learn and develop.

PHILOSOPHY

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable.
Be honest and transparent anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People who really want help may attack you if you help them.
Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt.
Give the world your best anyway.
(Mother Teresa)

La vida tiene sus maneras de ensen~arnos.
La vida tiene sus maneras de confundirnos.
La vida tiene sus maneras de cambiarnos.
La vida tiene sus maneras de asombrarnos.
La vida tiene sus maneras de herirnos.
La vida tiene sus maneras de curarnos.
La vida tiene sus maneras de inspirarnos.

Se non hai la mente aperta, tieni chiusa anche la bocca (filosofia del popolo scrita sul banсo a Venezia :)

Se ti poni un limite stai certo che si avverera.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. I have nothing to declare except my genius. Oscar WIlde

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting. Spreading the word. Advocating the concept. Creating lasting friendships. Returning genuine hospitality I experienced myself.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My CS experience is great, but there is always much more to learn.

Interests

Doing everything that makes life worth living... dancing tango, cycling, playing chess, learning foreign languages... I always cook for my guests and never say No if someone wants to cook for us too :) good to do it together if we have a chance.

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
"Too soon old, too late smart" Gordon Livingston
"How to see yourself as you really are" Dalai Lama
"Rework" Jason Fried&David H.Hansson
Chuck Palahniuk
"Mind power" John Kehoe
"Four hour work week" Timothy Ferris
Oscar Wilde- everything
Movies:
"La meglio gioventu"
"Pay forward"
"La vita e bella" (Life is beautiful)
"Bajo la misma luna" (Under the same moon)
"Todo sobre mi madre"
"Meet Joe Black"
Music:
Gotan project
Marc Almond
many more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The recent one: being lost in the Blue mountains in complete darkness at night

Teach, Learn, Share

I am more of a learner, than a teacher, but I can swap tales and info about adventures, travels, cultures, books, tango, anything.
Besides I will be glad to show you around and share everything I like about Sydney including the best views and coffee places.
I can give you some tips about how to do a postgraduate degree/ research in Australia if that is of interest
The list of things I want to learn is more extensive... speak French, play billiards, ride a motorbike and many things in between :).

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good meal, a talk, useful travel info, etc. the list is long

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Italy, Russian Federation

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